Apparently this has become the scourge of the American motorist, with increasing numbers reporting that random people have tried hopping into their cars when they’ve been pulled over or stopped at lights.

New Yorker Ashwin Deshmukh told ValleyWag: ‘Basically anytime I’m pulled over on the side of the street, someone tries to hail me or just opens my car door. If I pull-up at a food truck in Williamsburg, there will be four guys asking, ‘Can you take us to Long Island?’

And he’s not the only one. Here are twitter’s best Uber effect anecdotes…